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A Christian comes to others only through Jesus Christ. Among men there is strife. “He is our peace,” says Paul of Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:14). Without Christ there is discord between God and man and between man and man. Christ became the Mediator and made peace with... Read More →

Death has been brought low, the sin of our first parent destroyed, hell plundered, resurrection bestowed, the power given us to despise the things of this world and even death itself, the road back to the former blessedness made smooth, the gates of paradise opened, our nature... Read More →

He said to them, “When you pray, say, Our Father…” (Luke 11:2) O boundless liberality! O incomparable gentleness, and that befits him alone! He bestows upon us his own glory: He raises slaves to the dignity of freedom … and permits us to call God Father, as being admitted to the... Read More →

Whatever is foreseen in joy Must be lived out from day to day. Vision held open in the dark By our ten thousand days of work. Harvest will fill the barn; for that The hand must ache, the face must sweat. And yet no leaf or grain is filled By work of ours; the field is tilled And... Read More →